School Teacher) is a 1972 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by P. Perraju under the Triveni Productions banner and directed by P. Chandrasekhara Reddy.

The film was released on 22 November 1972 and became a commercial success, with Rama Rao winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu.

The film begins in a village where a noble schoolteacher, Raghava Rao, lives with his ideal wife, Janaki, and three children, Satyam, Venu & Lakshmi.

For now, Satyam knits Papa Rao's daughter Shanti, and Venu espouses a well-off Jaya without intel of their parents'.

After a while, Raghava Rao fixes a match for his daughter Lakshmi with Pichaiah, the son of a stingy Panakalu, and gets a mortgage on his house.

Learning it, Panakalu makes a fuss when defamed Raghava Rao endorses a promissory note and accomplishes the nuptial.